# US 12,006,010 B1 · Articulatable support eye capture knuckle assembly > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 12,006,010 B1 - Document ID: US12006010B1 - Status: Granted - Kind: B1 - Application number: 18/169,782 - Filed: 2023-02-15 - Granted: 2024-06-11 - Earliest claimed: 2023-02-15 - Applicants: G.F. Equipment, LLC - Inventors: Robert R. Gibbons - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12006010B1 ## CPC - B63C 5/02: Stagings; Scaffolding; Shores or struts - B66F 3/36: Load-engaging elements - B63C: LAUNCHING, HAULING-OUT, OR DRY-DOCKING OF VESSELS; LIFE-SAVING IN WATER; EQUIPMENT FOR DWELLING OR WORKING UNDER WATER; MEANS FOR SALVAGING OR SEARCHING FOR UNDERWATER OBJECTS (floating nets, floating slipways, or the like for recovering aircraft from the water B63B35/52) - B66F: HOISTING, LIFTING, HAULING OR PUSHING, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR, e.g. DEVICES WHICH APPLY A LIFTING OR PUSHING FORCE DIRECTLY TO THE SURFACE OF A LOAD ({invalid lifting devices A61G7/10; } mounting artificial islands on piles or like supports E02B17/00; scaffolding combined with lifting devices E04G1/22; lifting devices for sliding forms E04G11/24; lifting of buildings E04G23/06; shores or struts E04G25/00; lifts or other hoisting devices on ladders E06C7/12; props for mining E21D15/00) ## Abstract An articulatable support eye capture knuckle assembly for attachment to a support eye includes an attachment knuckle with a first arm and a second arm, a retention aperture in the first arm and the second arm along a retention axis, an attachment aperture along an attachment axis and an adjustment passage along an adjustment axis transverse to the attachment axis; a support eye retainer with an arcuate channel to receive a portion of a support eye; a support eye retainer plate fastened to the support eye retainer along a pivot axis, the support eye retainer plate pivotable about the pivot axis to at least partially enclose the arcuate channel; and a fastener mounted through a support eye retainer aperture and a support eye retainer plate aperture along the retention axis to secure the support eye retainer plate to the support eye retainer between the first arm and the second arm. ## Claims ### Claim 1 An articulatable support eye capture knuckle assembly for attachment to a support eye, comprising: an attachment knuckle with a first arm and a second arm, the second arm parallel to the first arm, a retention aperture in the first arm and the second arm along a retention axis, an attachment aperture along an attachment axis and an adjustment passage along an adjustment axis transverse to the attachment axis; a support eye retainer with an arcuate channel to receive a portion of a support eye; a support eye retainer plate mountable to the support eye retainer along a pivot axis, the support eye retainer plate pivotable about the pivot axis to at least partially enclose the arcuate channel; and a fastener mounted through a support eye retainer aperture and a support eye retainer plate aperture along the retention axis to secure the support eye retainer plate to the support eye retainer between the first arm and the second arm. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The assembly as recited in claim 1, further comprising a web attached to the first arm and the second arm, the attachment aperture and the adjustment passage though the web. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The assembly as recited in claim 2, further comprising a slot in the web, the slot parallel to the attachment aperture. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The assembly as recited in claim 3, wherein the adjustment passage intersects the slot. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The assembly as recited in claim 4, further comprising an adjustment assembly along the adjustment axis. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The assembly as recited in claim 5, wherein the adjustment assembly comprises a threaded stud within the slot, a threaded rod threaded through the threaded stud along the adjustment axis. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The assembly as recited in claim 6, further comprising a first nut and a first washer on a first end section of the threaded rod and a second nut and a second washer on a second end section of the threaded rod. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The assembly as recited in claim 7, wherein the first nut and the first washer and the second nut and the second washer are engaged with a first arm and a second arm of a U-bracket. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The assembly as recited in claim 8, wherein adjustment of the first nut and the first washer and the second nut and the second washer along the threaded rod adjusts an angle of the attachment knuckle with respect to the U-bracket. ### Claim 10 An articulatable support eye capture knuckle assembly for attachment to a support eye, comprising: an attachment knuckle with a first arm and a second arm, the second arm parallel to the first arm, a retention aperture in the first arm and the second arm along a retention axis, an attachment aperture along an attachment axis and an adjustment passage along an adjustment axis transverse to the attachment axis, a slot in a web attached to the first arm and the second arm, the slot parallel to the attachment aperture, the adjustment passage along the adjustment axis intersects the slot; a support eye retainer with an arcuate channel to receive a portion of a support eye; a support eye retainer plate mountable to the support eye retainer to at least partially enclose the arcuate channel; a fastener mounted through a support eye retainer aperture and a support eye retainer plate aperture along the retention axis to secure the support eye retainer plate to the support eye retainer between the first arm and the second arm; and an adjustment assembly along the adjustment axis, the adjustment assembly comprises a threaded stud within the slot, a threaded rod threaded through the threaded stud along the adjustment axis. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The assembly as recited in claim 10, further comprising a first nut and a first washer on a first end section of the threaded rod and a second nut and a second washer on a second end section of the threaded rod. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The assembly as recited in claim 11, wherein the first nut and the first washer and the second nut and the second washer are engaged with a first arm and a second arm of a U-bracket. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) The assembly as recited in claim 12, wherein adjustment of the first nut and the first washer and the second nut and the second washer along the threaded rod adjusts an angle of the attachment knuckle with respect to the U-bracket.